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Tracking Trump Administration and Cabinet picks
TwiceHorn replied to PenelopeWitherspoon's topic in Cloak Room
Washing his balls is almost understandable. It's the gargling that follows that is so problematic. -
America's Foreign Policy & Other Shit Going On Around the World thread
TwiceHorn replied to bolverk's topic in Cloak Room
Some elaboration on the above. https://www.elsalvadornow.org/2025/04/26/container-seized-with-drugs-and-coffee-in-panama-departed-from-the-port-of-acajutla-contenedor-incautado-con-droga-y-cafe-en-panama-salio-del-puerto-de-acajutla/ Tl;Dr, the drogas were in a coffee shipment from ES's nationalized/government coffee seller, which Bukele's government touted. -
Tracking Trump Administration and Cabinet picks
TwiceHorn replied to PenelopeWitherspoon's topic in Cloak Room
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Ideology or Trumpology? I have a tough time calling anything Trump/MAGA subscribe to as an ideology. I guess ideologies don't have to be consistent or coherent.
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Seems a very odd thing. They walked across the border at TJ with suitcases?
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The foregoing illustrates something. People seem to go along with the Rule of Law because they agree or personally believe that it is in their best interest, whether that be self-interest, or the common good, probably most often the latter. The latter because at some level, the Rule of Law curtails personal freedom (in many cases things that we aren't inclined to do, but in others, like speeding, seatbelts, public intoxication, sodomy, etc. things we are inclined to do). People ditch the Rule of Law because they no longer believe it is in their best interest, presumably; again, either self-interest or the common good. Trump and his ilk are doing it out of self-interest. But they have the common man believing it's because the Rule of Law no longer serves the common good. Or at least the Rule of Law as currently conceived. All men are created equal, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and all that. Dictators need a rule of law, too, it's just not a rule of law that works for anyone else. In groups, out groups, for thee not for me, etc. Like the law of Boot and Gun, it's pretty much all enforcement and no voluntary compliance because it serves no one's interest except the dictator's.
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As a representative of your employer.
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Also, you realize you, as management, are representing the owners when you negotiate lower wages with labor, right? It's not your money. It's no skin off your back. The corporate representation chart: Shareholders > Board of Directors > CEO and other appointed C-suite execs > Management appointed by execs > you.
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So, it seems to me that unions "got in trouble" on two main things: ridiculous, non-safety-related working conditions (everyone has a story about these sort of workplace rules) and investments and political activities related to pension funds. It seems the priorities of a labor organization should be 1) wages/hours 2a) workplace safety 2b) benefits. I think bozo's bad union/bad management happens when they start negotiating on issues other from these three and maybe a couple of others. That's how you get ridiculous workplace rules and weird seniority systems. I guess there are some unions or sets of labor (longshoremen?) where there is no sort of single employer that should be providing the benefits, so the benefits (pension health insurance etc.) come from the union itself. That seems problematic. I could be wrong on this, but it seems to me that unions really need to stick to the wage/hour knitting because that's where their utility lies. I think most people that negotiate know that often, when you start talking things other than money in what is essentially a monetary transaction, someone is about to kiss the donkey.
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You understand, though, that your employer is an organization that represents a whole lot of stakeholders, including the owners/shareholders. And it controls the purse strings. Whereas the employees are not an organization and do not control the purse strings. The sole leverage of an employee is "I quit." That works ok for that one employee, I guess, bootstraps and all, but doesn't help any of the others. And it only works ok for the employee if s/he can obtain a similar or improved situation elsewhere. And, when right-leaning means Trump, I'll take left-leaning every day and five times on Tuesday. That's not the ding you seem to think it is.
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The thing is, very few if any of us will a) know the terms of this new deal and b) have the ability to evaluate it, either on its own or in comparison to the prior deal or status quo. That means that Trump and his shills will tell us it's the most tremendous trade deal, like no one has ever seen. And then trade experts will chime in and tell us that it's either bad or not a material change from the prior deal and Trump will label them RINO, or from the failing ________, or some other nonsense, and the base will lap it up.
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An article about how the federal courts can enforce their orders. https://www.justsecurity.org/113218/federal-courts-enforce-orders-without-marshals/ This might be how the shooting starts.
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I personally intend to piss on a spark plug.
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In contrast to say Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, I believe only 30% of white-owned land in South Africa is subject to redistribution. Zimbabwe reduced white land ownership from 4400 farmers/owners to 300. Afrikaners are still quite privileged there. A bunch of em left when the bleks took over and a bunch of em came right back when they figured out it wasn't so bad. Crime in SA is bad, though, but on an equal opportunity basis. Of course crime is what you get when you ignore your social responsibilities as a nation and people.
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Fair point, but it's just an expansion of the notion that we have a goodly chunk of the population that's simply not capable of sustaining itself without help from society. Godalmighty. Name em and shame em.
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Well, that might be the result, but without collective bargaining, labor is completely at the mercy of management/corporate interest and that is rarely going to be to their benefit.
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Yeah, I see collective bargaining as essential. It's just so much of the other crap that unions get into that can make them distasteful and corrupt. But how do you curb the things that lead to corruption without hampering the essential purpose?
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Tensions between the natives and Indians in Prosper?
TwiceHorn replied to Im_smarter_then_you's topic in Daily Texan
Does economics have a separate admissions like other colleges? It's long been a poor man's (student's) route to a BBA when that danged ol lower-division GPA didn't cut the mustard. Answering my own question, the internal transfer requirement. https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/economics/undergraduate-program/prospective-students/internal-transfer.html Key takeaways: Is admission to the Economics major competitive? Is there a GPA cut-off? No, currently there is no GPA requirement and approval is not on a competitive basis. Our goal is to accept all students who want Economics as their major as long as they meet the eligibility requirements. But this is probably what gets a lot of people: Must complete one of the following courses in-residence with a C- or higher: ECO 304K Intro to Microeconomics ECO 304L Intro to Macroeconomics Calculus I (M 408K, M 408N, M 408C, M 408R or M 408Q) Calculus II (M 408L, M 408D, or M 408S) ECO 329 Economic Statistics Any upper-division Economics elective -
Tracking Trump Administration and Cabinet picks
TwiceHorn replied to PenelopeWitherspoon's topic in Cloak Room
Regarded. Also probably sinister. Some DOJ political hack, although a long-term one, Paul Perkins, appointed acting Register of Copyrights. Although it's an obscure position, the Register is usually an accomplished copyright scholar with industry experience of one form or another in the media world, so practical experience with both content authors and content publishers/distributors. -
As I said, the White House counsel advises the President directly, while the OLC advises the executive branch more generally, and neutrally, and its advice is more or less binding on the entire branch. So, analagous to your scenario, I think OLC would generate binding guidance based on advocacy and a request from White House counsel. The torture memos were a product of OLC. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torture_Memos Apparently drafted in response to requests from CIA. It's all the DOJ, so to some degree or other answerable to the AG and in turn the President, but previously, the division of responsibility at least maintained an illusion of sanity, which is now gone.
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ChatGPT AI Tool— We all work for robots now
TwiceHorn replied to 956 Worldwide's topic in Daily Texan
Latest local lawdogette (lawbitch?) victim of AI: https://search.txcourts.gov/SearchMedia.aspx?MediaVersionID=83b29ea2-0113-4437-98c8-b00e40461e50&coa=coa05&DT=Order&MediaID=3f8209ac-9743-49b1-9498-660632c0c354 So, this case was a creditor of John and Donna Rochon seeking to recover $1M of jewelry allegedly gifted to their daughters before being sued by their creditors. John Rochon was CEO of Mary Kay after her son, Richard Rogers, stepped down. He (or Richard or both), took Mary Kay private and everyone became fabulously wealthy, with the Rochons maintaining a fleet of Maseratis for the entire family, private jets, etc. https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2004/march/not-so-pretty-in-pink/ They have a "family office" in the form of Richmont (lol) Capital Partners. https://richmont.net/ In the 25 years since stepping down from Mary Kay, Rochon pere et fils et filles has gone from fabulously wealthy to insolvent with a string of bankruptcies and fraud suits. Amazing shit. Lived in Dallas most of my life, and at least passingly familiar with Mary Kay, the person and the company. Had never heard of these Rochon grifters, but it's a really sordid saga. Culminating in their daughter filing a partially bullshit brief in what appears to be a losing effort to hang on to a bunch of expensive jewelry. -
ChatGPT AI Tool— We all work for robots now
TwiceHorn replied to 956 Worldwide's topic in Daily Texan
I don't recall Limewire. Vague recollections of Napster. But the difference here is that Limewire and Napster and similar P2P things were a vehicle for infringement, but not a direct infringer, only a contributory one. Neither Napster nor Limewire had the specific intent to directly infringe copyrights, they provided a means for their users to do so (knowing full well that they would). Kinda like the internet at large. This is an entity deliberately and knowingly directly infringing copyright on a scale similar to Limewire or Napster. Their only excuse in some cases being a thin fair use defense. To that end, the Copyright Office' "preliminary" view of infringement/fair use in training AI. Along with some political controversy. https://copyrightlately.com/copyright-office-ai-report/ -
And we have others not bending the knee and calling this for what it is.
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The AG doesn't really have any business doing that in the first place, because the AG doesn't represent the President, or really even the Office of the President. All that other shit aside. That's a job for OLC and White House counsel, the OLC providing guidance to the executive branch generally, and White House counsel advocating for the President specifically. All DOJ, but traditionally with different responsibilities and "clients."
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CEO of UHG Shot and Killed in NYC - WTF is wrong with you New York
TwiceHorn replied to Bevo's topic in Daily Texan
Man, this is one of those examples where shareholder suits and class actions in particular are pretty ridiculous. Just about any time a publicly traded company has a price gyration, particularly a drop, they get sued for securities fraud and/or breach of fiduciary duty. They mostly settle for decent, but not meaningful-in-a-big-way, amounts. The only real winners are the entrepreneurial lawyers that brought them. A facile response is to ban such suits. Most large corporations would be highly in favor of doing so and are probably lobbying intensely for it right now. Any such action needs to be carefully considered lest we get the "tort reform" result. But they do, if not often, serve a purpose in regulating corporate behavior in ways that even an effective SEC cannot. This is the type of suit that kept Elmo from getting his ridiculous comp package. I'm sure that's a popular result and this may be a popular result. The actual effect on corporate behavior is, I think, negligible. Also, this gets into that whole lawyer ethics thing. The real personal motivation for most of these suits is to make money for lawyers. But, they follow all the rules and most of the precedents and serve the theoretical reason for their existence (curb corporate behavior) to at least a tiny extent. And you can find other examples of such suits that serve to compensate the truly defrauded and actually punish or deter bad corporate behavior. So, should we do something about these lawsuits and lawyers when their motivations and raisons d'etre are quite a bit less than noble, and risk the unintended consequences? Or just let things chuckle along as usual? That is a bit of a false choice, as there are tweaks that could be made that reduce the ridiculous, hopefully without also reducing the sublime, but there is always the risk of unintended consequences.
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